i've heard of people towing their shifter karts with trailors (dr evil and mini me style)
any negative effects on the tranny or diff?

how many of you tow your track wheels with your s?

pics ftw

 

it can ebe done but is not recommended... drive slow and have a good custom set up made and u will not have any problems.. i have seen a few nice carst fabbed up being towed by S2K's

 

i tow broken ap1's with my better ap2

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GRAF-FITI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i tow broken ap1's with my better ap2</TD></TR></TABLE>

HAHAHAHAH i have no come back that was a good one

 

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HAHAHAHAH i have no come back that was a good one </TD></TR></TABLE>

finally i don't think that's happened yet

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GRAF-FITI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i tow broken ap1's with my better ap2</TD></TR></TABLE>

They only broke because it saw what a disgrace the ap2 is to s2k.

 

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They only broke because it saw what a disgrace the ap2 is to s2k. </TD></TR></TABLE>

HA

+1 for trying

-2 for failing

 

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They only broke because it saw what a disgrace the ap2 is to s2k. </TD></TR></TABLE>

yea and the DBW.... WTF

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finally i don't think that's happened yet</TD></TR></TABLE>

your right that is the first

i was laughin too hard it was a good one.. but still AP1 FTW

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HA

+1 for trying

-2 for failing

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another good one...

 

GRAF-FITI holdin it down for the AP2's... holla!!!

and thats 2 compliments you gave AP2 owners today S@ntos... you feeling ok???

 

ap2 8==D

ap1 8=====================D

nuff said.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ap1lvr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ap2 8==D

ap1 8=====================D

nuff said.</TD></TR></TABLE>

it looks like both equations 8 equals the variable D

 

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it looks like both equations 8 equals the variable D
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hahaha touche

 

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and thats 2 compliments you gave AP2 owners today S@ntos... you feeling ok???</TD></TR></TABLE>

raining in socal so im not all there today!

 

I've towed my tire trailer about 3000 miles with my AP1. No problems at all, and I'm using a custom Coughlin Invisible Hitch. It mounts to the impact beam behind the rear bumper cover, behind the license plate. You remove the plate to insert the receiver, which then carries the plate. With the receiver off, there's only 2 lbs on the body and you can't see it at all.

I'm running the typical 40x48 Harbor Freight Trailer, and my towing weight with wheels, tires, tools, etc is about 300lbs. Tongue weight is only about 50 lbs according to a bathroom scale. I connect the safety chains to the eye bolt.

In driving, I honestly can't tell its even there, except for some rattling over bumps. The car is a little more sluggish in 6th gear, but I'm not exactly in a hurry with it. It tracks fine, and I've had it up to 95mph. Others with a similar setup say it's good at 125mph too (whatever). The car does have to work a bit harder though, and I lose about 4 mpg on the highway (still 23-25 mpg overall). When cruising over flat land, there's almost no hit in fuel economy according to my Scan Gauge II, but small grades make a bigger impact while towing. I'll often have a passenger and trunk full of gear, so I'm probably carrying 400lbs in the vehicle and pulling another 300lbs of trailer. No problems.

I know 4 others who tow with their AP1s and none have any issues even on 500 mile trips. I don't know about AP2s though: nobody I know tows with an AP2 (maybe too weak...or they just aren't competitive enough bother towing race rubber around).

Funniest moment while towing was when I smoked a buddy in his D-series Civic (bolt ons) from a slow roll with a full trailer and a passenger. He told me later that was pretty embarrassing.

 

Is it hot in here? Because GRAF-FITI is on fire

haha good thread

 

You can tow small things like dirt bikes street bikes etc, just don't over do it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ap1lvr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ap2 8==D

ap1 8=====================D

nuff said.</TD></TR></TABLE>

m= no vtec
a= vtec
b= o ****

So then its

mmmmmmmbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa =AP1
mmmmmmmbaaaaaaaaaaaa =AP2

Its clear you have more baaaaa with a AP1 thus AP1 FTW!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bky &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've towed my tire trailer about 3000 miles with my AP1. No problems at all, and I'm using a custom Coughlin Invisible Hitch. It mounts to the impact beam behind the rear bumper cover, behind the license plate. You remove the plate to insert the receiver, which then carries the plate. With the receiver off, there's only 2 lbs on the body and you can't see it at all.

I'm running the typical 40x48 Harbor Freight Trailer, and my towing weight with wheels, tires, tools, etc is about 300lbs. Tongue weight is only about 50 lbs according to a bathroom scale. I connect the safety chains to the eye bolt.

In driving, I honestly can't tell its even there, except for some rattling over bumps. The car is a little more sluggish in 6th gear, but I'm not exactly in a hurry with it. It tracks fine, and I've had it up to 95mph. Others with a similar setup say it's good at 125mph too (whatever). The car does have to work a bit harder though, and I lose about 4 mpg on the highway (still 23-25 mpg overall). When cruising over flat land, there's almost no hit in fuel economy according to my Scan Gauge II, but small grades make a bigger impact while towing. I'll often have a passenger and trunk full of gear, so I'm probably carrying 400lbs in the vehicle and pulling another 300lbs of trailer. No problems.

I know 4 others who tow with their AP1s and none have any issues even on 500 mile trips. I don't know about AP2s though: nobody I know tows with an AP2 (maybe too weak...or they just aren't competitive enough bother towing race rubber around).

Funniest moment while towing was when I smoked a buddy in his D-series Civic (bolt ons) from a slow roll with a full trailer and a passenger. He told me later that was pretty embarrassing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

This sounds VERY interesting. Do you have more information or pictures on this? All the hitches I've seen are pretty odd looking and stick way out under the bottom of the car. This is my DD and sometimes I need to carry more than can fit in the trunk/passenger seat.

I'm off to look at Harbor Freight's website now, as there's a store about 40 minutes from me.

EDIT: Just looked at the website, and it looks like they have some nice trailers (all sizes). I just can't find any information about this "Invisible Coughlin Hitch." I see a website about some auto sales group in Ohio, is that it? More info please!


Modified by shamoo at 2:51 PM 12/5/2007

 

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m= no vtec
a= vtec
b= o ****

So then its

mmmmmmmbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa =AP1
mmmmmmmbaaaaaaaaaaaa =AP2

Its clear you have more baaaaa with a AP1 thus AP1 FTW!
</TD></TR></TABLE>

hahahhaa

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Under_Pressure &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

m= no vtec
a= vtec
b= o ****

So then its

mmmmmmmbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa =AP1
mmmmmmmbaaaaaaaaaaaa =AP2

Its clear you have more baaaaa with a AP1 thus AP1 FTW!
</TD></TR></TABLE>

it almost looks like your trying to rewrite a hanson song...

yes you do have a longer vtec but its more like this

mmmmmmmbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaimapussy =AP1
mmmmMMMMBBAAAAAAAAAAAFUCKYEAHIMTHEFUCKINGMAN!!! =AP2

 

s2killa wins that battle

 

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it almost looks like your trying to rewrite a hanson song...

</TD></TR></TABLE>

This coming from a AP2 driver....

 

Or it's more like:

AP1: mmmmmmmmbaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAA...."WTF AM I STILL BEING PASSED???!!!"

AP2: mmmmmmmmbaaAAAAAAAA....."Well, I'm done, I win already."

Okay, that was lame

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by shamoo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Okay, that was lame </TD></TR></TABLE>

i concur but can't say anything negative because you were trying to support the better car (the ap2)

 

I dont even know Why the AP2 guys are trying so hard. Cause you and I both know that deep down in your lil 8k hearts you would love a AP1. Cuase you know you think the AP2 is the **** and its awesome blah blah blah well the AP1 is that x21813643861843547.